Legs

merveozyalin

It's been a week but I totally forgot to ask you guys about my biggest problem. Is there anyone who is skinny fat and burnt fat from legs? I'm 55,9 kg (5'2 / 157cm) and it looks like all my body fat is storaged on my legs. My main goal is slimming my legs down. I still can't decide how many calories a day to follow. I tried 1200 calories. I felt so hungry. I tried 1450 calories. It was not bad. MFP is giving me 1230 calories to lose 0.5kg a week and if I want to eat more I should eat 1530 cals (which seems too much to achieve my goal.) but I will lose only 0.2kg ( which seems so little for a week ) So I'm still confused about how much I should eat. I planned to go to gym 3 times a week but I only went once this week . In gym I walk and run for like 20 mins total then I try frogstand and a few more moves that basicly makes my chest back muscles work. I started calisthenics recently so I try to do some beginner workouts such as bench dips and try to push up. When I'm done with them I do some lunges till I get really tired. So this is what I do. I'm here to ask what should I do? Anyone who achieved slimming down legs please help me and show me a path.

malibu927

You don't have much to lose so .25 kg a week is a good rate to lose at.

You can't spot reduce. If you're skinny fat, it's because you haven't been doing anything to save your muscles prior. You should look into a progressive lifting program such as Stronglifts 5x5 to help you out there.

Nony_Mouse

Weight will come off where it wants to, unfortunately, but strength training as you lose will help to retain lean body mass and give you an overall better aesthetic at the end. Women store most of their fat in their lower body, and some more so than others. Eat at a deficit, strength train, and it will come off.

Re your calorie goal, that's not including exercise. You need to eat back at least 50-75% of cals burned exercising, then re-evaluate after a few weeks once you have a decent amount of weight loss data to see if you can increase that. So you should definitely be eating more than 1200.

For strength training, you would be much better off using a structured programme, you're not likely to get the results you want doing random things, and are probably working in a very unbalanced way. Have a look at this thread for some ideas for suitable programmes: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you#latest

I do Strong Curves (e-book is only about $10 on Amazon), and if you want great legs and butt, that's exactly what SC is designed for.

ladyhusker39

You've already gotten so much advice on this. You can't spot reduce. You will drop fat from your legs when you've sustained a calorie deficit long enough that your body chooses to take it from your legs. You don't get to decide when that happens, it's basically genetics.

You've only been at this for a week and you're all over the place. Set a reasonable goal in terms of calories/day to eat and rate of weight loss and do what MFP tells you. Don't worry about macros or anything else. Just eat the best you can to your calorie goal. Over time you can work on eating better, managing macros, exercising targeting particular muscles, etc.

For now just give yourself time to get the hang of the basics. You've got plenty of time to fine tune your plan, but not if you never actually stick to one.

And for crying-out-loud have a little patience. Give this stuff a chance to work.

I'd also recommend finding another hobby to distract you from weight loss. Something active that's not specifically to lose weight/build muscle might be nice.

lucerorojo

I would recommend a dance class. A barre class would be good if you can't find an adult ballet class. If done right they will slim and tone the legs.